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Thursday, January 14, 2010

I am thrilled that Electronic Village Online (EVO) 2010 sessions have started. It might be familiar to those who have participated in them before but if you haven't heard of these sessions, here is a brief description of these sessions :

'For six weeks, participants in EVO can engage with ESOL experts in collaborative, online discussion sessions or in hands-on virtual workshops of professional and scholarly benefit. These sessions will bring together participants for a longer period of time than is permitted by the land-based TESOL convention and will allow a fuller development of ideas and themes of the convention or of professional interest in general.'

The most appealing aspect of these sessions is the chance to meet educators from different parts of the World and share insights. These sessions are also FREE.

It is the fourth time I am attending these sessions and they have definitely contributed a lot to my career and goals. I am taking "Multiliteracies for Social Networking and Collaborative Learning Environments" and "Teaching Languages in a Virtual World" this year. Although it is diffcult to take two sessions at the same time when working full time, I just couldn't decide which one to take so I decided to take two of them:) I hope I can survive!

Although the sessions have already started, it is still possible to register. You can see the list of these sessions in the following link:

I will be happy to read your reflections about EVO sessions. I hope you enjoy them.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

As my focus has been on twitter recently, I would like to share a video. Actually, I had posted an informative post on twitter but I think this video is better in terms of explaining the functions of twitter.

About Me

My name is Beyza Yılmaz and I am an instructor at Bahcesehir University English Preparatory Program in Turkey. I am also a graduate student in Middle East Technical University. I enjoy teaching English to adults and teenagers. Reading and writing are the skills I like teaching most. I live in Istanbul (a great city indeed)with my family.I'm very enthusiastic about integrating technology into my classes and I will try to reflect my learning journey in all my blogs and get reflections from technology enthusiasts like me.